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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archie Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van der Laan comes to the cage accompanied by Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do. Bell has chosen Unbreakable as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Van der Laan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Archie Bell!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van der Laan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van der Laan tries to clinch but Bell moves out of range.
Van der Laan drops his hands momentarily and Bell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van der Laan counters with a nice uppercut.
Archie Bell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van der Laan throws a low kick but Bell moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bell misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Van der Laan misses the target.
Bell throws the left hand but Van der Laan avoids the punch easily.
A head kick misses from Van der Laan.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Van der Laan.
A big right from Bell misses.
Bell throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell blocks the body kick.
Bell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Van der Laan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bell. Van der Laan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van der Laan throws a leg kick which misses Bell's front leg but catches the back leg as Bell tries to avoid it.
Bell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Van der Laan on the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Bell.
Van der Laan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Van der Laan moves in looking to clinch but Bell pushes him off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good shot there by Bell.
Van der Laan wants to clinch.
Bell sizes up Van der Laan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan moves into the clinch successfully.
Bell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van der Laan blocks an uppercut.
Bell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Bell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bell avoids it.
Bell is trying to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling him.
Bell tries to break the clinch but Van der Laan is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bell.
Bell pulls guard successfully.
Bell isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Van der Laan stacks Bell on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Van der Laan!
Van der Laan tries to stand but Bell is controlling his head.
Bell is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bell is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Van der Laan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bell.
Bell trying to control the action but Van der Laan is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bell is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bell throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bell wants to control but Van der Laan is keeping him busy.
Bell is trying to work for a kimura but Van der Laan is defending well.
Bell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van der Laan trying to control from the bottom.
Bell stops Van der Laan from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Archie Bell dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bell blocks the body kick.
Bell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Van der Laan's hands.
Bell thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Van der Laan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bell's sensitive parts.
Bell misses with a head kick.
Bell misses with a head kick.
Bell throws a lazy head kick
and Van der Laan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bell takes a kick to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bell misses with a right hand
and Van der Laan counters with a nice leg kick.
Bell misses with an uppercut.
Bell lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Van der Laan cracks the inside of Bell's front leg.
Bell throws a sloppy head kick and Van der Laan moves out of range easily.
Bell is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van der Laan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bell momentarily.
Van der Laan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bell throws an overhand right that lands on Van der Laan's shoulder, as Van der Laan tries to avoid the shot.
Van der Laan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van der Laan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Van der Laan throws a lazy body kick
and Bell counters with a nice leg kick.
Van der Laan is looking to slow Bell down with leg kicks.
Bell lands a head kick. Van der Laan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bell in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Van der Laan just misses with a punch to the body.
Van der Laan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bell. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice cross by Van der Laan.
Bell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell throws a body punch but Van der Laan moves out of range.
Bell keeps the fight on the outside.
Van der Laan misses with a hook. Bell ducked under it nicely.
Van der Laan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van der Laan tried to score with a low kick but Bell checks it.
Good shot there by Bell.
Van der Laan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bell's sensitive parts.
A shot to the liver by Bell. Beautiful body shot.
Van der Laan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Van der Laan lands a nice hook to Bell's body. Bell takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A slow jab from Bell misses its intended target.
A big right from Bell misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell lands with a nice body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bell throws out a loose jab but Van der Laan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van der Laan walks into a stiff left hand from Bell.
Bell moves out of range of the body kick from Van der Laan.
Bell scores with a jab to the body.
Bell throws a sloppy head kick and Van der Laan moves out of range easily.
Bell looks to throw the jab but Van der Laan is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bell walks into a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Bell misses the target.
Andre Van der Laan is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bell throws a hook but Van der Laan blocks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van der Laan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan throws a head kick but Bell moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Van der Laan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bell throws a head kick that misses.
Bell swats away the attempt to clinch by Van der Laan.
Van der Laan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bell throws a sloppy head kick and Van der Laan moves out of range easily.
Van der Laan connects with a right that clearly hurt Bell. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Van der Laan proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Bell collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andre Van der Laan!
Andre Van der Laan decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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hype
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RATING
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